We’re excited to announce the launch of our new Easy Read and Plain English guides designed to help tenants, tenant-facing staff, registered providers, and delivery partners communicate clearly and confidently about home retrofit works. These guides break down complex retrofit information into easy-to-understand, tenant-friendly formats — helping residents feel informed and empowered throughout the retrofit … Read more
Carbon Co-op has released two new reports that shed fresh light on the human side of retrofit, offering critical insights for the wider housing and retrofit sector—from registered landlords and delivery teams to tenants and journalists. The findings speak to key challenges many in the sector face—tenant refusals, communication breakdowns, and trust issues—and offer a … Read more
Carbon Co-op’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) is taking place this Wednesday 23rd April at the Anthony Burgess Foundation in central Manchester. If you want to attend you can book a free place here. AGMs can be full of jargon, so this article explains what will happen at the event and how you can be involved. … Read more
Carbon Co-op’s area-based retrofit project is upgrading a group of homes in Levenshulme, South Manchester, aiming to improve energy efficiency, keep bills low and reduce carbon emissions. The key contractor for the scheme, Stockport-based B4Box, are not only a contractor but also a training provider, who are using the experience of retrofitting traditional Victorian terraced … Read more
On a sunny Monday lunchtime, the Carbon Co-op team took a stroll around the streets of Levenshulme to check in on our Area-Based Retrofit Scheme—an exciting project that’s transforming homes for a more sustainable and just future. During our walk, we had the chance to chat with key members of the project team, including Hannah … Read more
Introduction The pilot Area-Based Retrofit scheme in Levenshulme, South Manchester has been designed to trial the benefits of a localised approach to retrofit works. The idea is to enable multiple nearby properties of the same type to ‘retrofit’ their homes, which means making domestic upgrades and installations that improve the energy efficiency of a property. … Read more